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Two people makes this bed a little harder to navigate, since you’ve got to angle yourselves so as to avoid space infringement, but once you get the hang of it, it’s kind of nice to have that extra space at the head and foot to let a hand or leg dangle. Just a note of caution: when you’re hurrying around the bed, to get to the bathroom or because you forgot your bedtime book, careful of that final corner. When you’re used to right angles, it’ll get you every time. We have the bruised knees to prove it.

The rest of the small-town hotel is a little less novel, but terribly cozy, situated as it is on a cobblestoned corner lined with restaurants and tourist shops. All the rooms are fairy-tale themed in tribute to the Brothers Grimm, whose stories take place nearby. And yes, they all have dolls. The hotel also boasts easy access to any number of the area’s world-famous Riesling wineries. In fact, you can see the grapevines on the slopes above the village from almost all of the rooms.

We’d suggest leaving your car behind during a stay at the hotel since the tourist-packed streets of the town can be impossible to navigate in summer, and there is almost always confusion regarding the hotel’s scattered hodgepodge of parking places.

In the meantime, we dare you to try the hotel’s other signature guest amenity: the "romantic bath." In a rock-lined grotto on the second floor, you and your companion can enjoy a private Jacuzzi dip while munching on canapés and sipping champagne, or take a rose-petal bath together in the two-person tub on the other end of the suite accompanied by chocolates and wine. This hotel is just full of surprises.